Certain persons use the duration of the pilgrimage as an excuse to delay every year or not go there.

How long is it necessary to set?! Only 2-3 weeks! We take so much time for holidays!

    * Omra can come true in a few hours at any moment of the year, but Hajj has to take place during the month of Dhul-Hijjah.

    * Hajj requires normally between five and six days, but there are exceptions. To have the time, planning is everything. Plan to leave from now on for Hajj.

For next Hajj, you can note your availability of holidays and use it for the most importing journey of your life. Or, you just have to choose express Hajj (approximately 10-14 days by counting the durations of movements and transport).

And remind yourselves that the stay in Medina is not a part of Hajj.

Namely: Hajj should be situated between November 14-18th, 2010.

Time necessary for Omra:

It is necessary to plan approximately 10 in 15 days of deadline enter the moment of deposit of the file "Omra" to the Consulate of Saudi Arabia and the obtaining of the visa.

In herself, one ' Omra can be made in 2 at 3 am with Money taken from Ihram to Tan im.

However, if the Pilgrim takes his Ihram to Abâr ' Aly ( Dhoû-l-Houlayfa) in 12 kilometers from Medina, he has to count then approximately a day for this first Omra (he can leave in the middle of morning and finish his ' Omra at the end of evening according to his rhythm).

Are there through flights for Mecca?

No. There is no civil airport in Mecca. The closest civil airport is to Djeddah.

How do I have to go to Mecca?

Once arrived at Djeddah and  accomplished all the administrative formalities, you will be taken in Mecca by bus. These services of bus are assured by the local transport companies, through the general Labor union(Syndicate) of the automobile transport.

How long is it necessary to go from Djeddah to Mecca?

Mecca is in around thirty kilometers of Djeddah. If you take a taxi, you will need approximately one hour and a half. If you take the bus, you will need longer. It is necessary to count between 50 and 60 Saudi riyals to go from Mecca to Medina to taxi.

How may I go in Saudi Arabia?

There are more than 24 points of entrance, as you arrive by air, ground or maritime traffic, which welcome the pilgrims in the central, oriental, north and western part of the Kingdom.

among those points of entrance by ground way ,appear: Halat Ammar, Jadidat Arar, Al Ragei, Salwa, King Fahd Causeway, Al Khadra, Al Tewal, Elab and Al Wadeah.

Among the points of entrance by sea route, appear : the Islamic seaport of Djeddah, the port of Yanbou and the port of Damman.

Among the points of entrance by air traffic , appear : the international airport of King Abdul Aziz in Djeddah, the international airport of King Khaled in Riyadh, the airport of Prince Mohammad bin Abdul Aziz in Medina and the international airport of King Fahd to Damman.

Most of the pilgrims go to Djeddah by plane and also  join  Mecca by bus by the highway Djeddah-

Makkah.

How much airports  are there in Djeddah? What is the time of transfer between the various airports?

There are three airports in Djeddah:

Al SALA - AL CHAMALIYYA airport: international airport (company Royal Jordanian, Middle East, Emirates)

Al SALA - AL JANOUBIYYA airport: the airport reserved for the national company Saudi Arabian Airlines

MADINAT Al-Hujjaj airport: this airport works only during the period of Hajj to allow to manage the flow importing Pilgrims.

The time of transfer between the airport where settled Royal Jordanian and Middle East during the period of ' Omra is from 25 till 30 minutes (price) in taxi: 50 - 100 riyals (that is between 11 and 22 euro)).

At what time appear at the airport of Djeddah for return?

You have to appear 3 hours before the departure. Given the time of route (1:30 am at 2 am to make Mecque-Djeddah), you thus have to leave Mecca 5 at 6 am before the takeoff of your plane.

Choose the date of departure

The day of Arafat should fall near November 15th, 2010.

So, the fellow Hajj should be situated between November 14-18th, 2010.

Note: the exact dates of the Islamic fest cannot be determined in advance, because of the nature of the Islamic lunar calendar. The estimations are based on the visibility planned by Hilal (The crescent moon after the new moon)